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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,murals,Princess Parkway,Manchester,portrait,Enigma and Icon,LGBTQ+,heritage,history,gay,queer,street art,pioneer,codebreaker,British,mathematician,computer,scientist,AI,artificial intelligence,wartime,codebreaking,Bletchley Park,modern computing history,Turing Test,Bletchley Park legacy,queer British history,state persecution,historical discrimination,public memorial artwork,civil rights history,Pride heritage,science and technology,digital age pioneer,codebreaking history,Second World War intelligence,University of Manchester,posthumous pardon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4ER - Large mural of Alan Turing covers the gable wall of a small brick building beside Princess Road in south Manchester. Created by street artist Tankpetrol, the portrait uses ochre, cream, brown and blue tones, with the words Alan Turing , Manchester Enigma & Icon and 1912“1954 painted on the adjoining wall. Heavy grey cloud, roadside lighting and surrounding trees place the artwork within an everyday urban streetscape rather than a formal museum setting.
Turing was a mathematician, computer scientist, cryptanalyst and one of the most influential figures in the development of modern computing. During the Second World War he worked at Bletchley Park and played a pivotal role in breaking German Enigma communications. He later joined the University of Manchester in 1948, contributing to early computer development and publishing his landmark 1950 paper on machine intelligence, associated with what became known as the Turing Test.
The mural also carries strong LGBTQ+ historical meaning. Turing was prosecuted in 1952 for homosexual activity, which was then criminalised, and was subjected to grossly discriminatory treatment. He died in 1954. A posthumous royal pardon followed in 2013, while the wider statutory pardons commonly called Turing's Law recognised many other people convicted under abolished sexual offences. His image now appears on the Bank of England £50 note.
This photograph is suitable for editorial use concerning Manchester street art, LGBTQ+ history, gay heritage, computing history, artificial intelligence, wartime codebreaking, Enigma, public memorials, discrimination, state persecution, equality, Pride, British science and the reassessment of neglected historical figures. The prominent roadside artwork connects Turing's scientific achievements, his Manchester career and his status as an enduring queer icon. Painted in 2017, it forms part of a wider group of murals at the site celebrating Manchester achievement and cultural identity.
701 Princess Road, Manchester, England, M20 2ZA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,town centre,Greater Manchester,painted mural,colourful mural,street art,Stockport,England,United Kingdom,car park,parking,parking area,urban art,typography mural,travel,tourism,winter,winter sunlight,sign,murals,town centre regeneration,UK street art,public realm improvement,place making,civic branding,visitor economy,Greater Manchester towns,northern England,travel editorial,urban creativity,colourful background,social media location,parking in Stockport,wayfinding,destination sign,local identity,community art,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DM97JG - A wide, documentary view of a vibrant painted wall mural spelling STOCKPORT in large, bold letters beside a car park in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The artwork uses bright, contrasting colours and playful illustrated elements around the lettering, giving the scene a strong sense of civic pride and place identity. The mural reads as both public art and informal wayfinding, a visual you are here marker designed to lift an everyday parking environment and make it more memorable for residents and visitors.
The foreground includes typical car-park cues such as barrier rails and painted bay markings, reinforcing the practical setting, while the mural transforms the background into a graphic, social-media-friendly backdrop. The light is crisp and clear, consistent with a cold-season day, with a blue sky and clean shadows suggesting bright winter conditions rather than rain. The overall feel is optimistic and modern, aligning with the kind of culture-led regeneration and placemaking projects many UK towns have used to refresh public spaces and encourage footfall.
Editorially, the image is useful for themes including town centre regeneration, community art, street art and murals, destination marketing, and how public realm improvements can change perceptions of utilitarian places like car parks. It also works well as a general Stockport location image, with the large readable text providing instant geographic context for travel, local news, and lifestyle coverage.
Colourful ""STOCKPORT"" mural on a wall beside a car park in Stockport, Greater Manchester, England, U
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,advert,promotion,PR,cricketing,street,art,mural,murals,cricket mural,UK,sport,players,player,modern,cricket promotion,city,centre,gable-end,gable,end,ECB,cricket initiative,summer,English,Board,street-level,sports,marketing,youth,engagement,Hundred cricket,Manchester Originals,equality in sport,elite athletes,junior players,Compare The Market
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJX9 - large, brightly coloured cricket mural in Manchester city centre, created to promote The Hundred and Manchester Originals, the city's team in the short-format cricket competition. The wall painting uses bold blue branding, the word SIMPLES, Compare the Market meerkat characters, cricket bats, balls and larger-than-life player portraits to turn a city wall into sports advertising and public street art. Parked cars, brick buildings and a patchy blue sky give the picture useful urban context for editorial use around Manchester and cricket promotion.
The mural is especially useful because it visually links men's and women's cricket together rather than treating them as separate stories. The Hundred was launched as a 100-ball competition with men's and women's teams competing under the same city brands, and Manchester Originals are part of that attempt to attract younger, family and more diverse audiences into cricket. Reporting around the 2025 unveiling placed the mural in Shudehill and described Manchester Originals stars Jos Buttler and Deandra Dottin attending alongside young cricketers from Chance to Shine, with Compare the Market's meerkats included. The mixture of elite players, junior participants, commercial branding and playful cartoon characters makes the image suitable for stories about grassroots sport, inclusive cricket, women's sport, children's participation, urban cricket and sports marketing.
For image buyers, the photograph has strong editorial and SEO value as a Manchester street scene, a public sports mural, a cricket culture image and an example of branded city-centre advertising. It could illustrate features on The Hundred, Manchester Originals, Lancashire cricket, equality in sport, family sports entertainment, summer cricket campaigns, sports sponsorship, outdoor media, youth engagement and how modern sport uses murals and public spaces to reach people beyond traditional stadium settings.
Shudehill, Manchester city centre, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0038,Street,art,The George,Dame Lane,Dublin,Ireland,painted,female,face,performance,mural,LGBTQ+,portrait,nightlife,entertainment,Pride,gay,public,music,performers,tourism,city-centre,culture,urban,visual,inclusive,business,murals
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JE5 - Street art beside The George on Dame Lane in Dublin, Ireland, showing a painted female face alongside a large music and performance mural. The two contrasting artworks turn the side wall of the well-known LGBTQ+ venue into a colourful piece of urban visual culture, combining portraiture, nightlife imagery and entertainment branding. The George is strongly associated with Dublin's LGBTQ+ social scene, drag performance and live entertainment, making the surrounding murals part of the venue's public identity. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Dublin street art, The George, Dame Lane, LGBTQ+ culture, Pride, gay nightlife, murals, public art, portrait art, music, performers, entertainment venues, tourism and city-centre culture. The female portrait and adjacent monochrome singer create a layered composition with two distinct artistic styles sharing one urban wall. It can also illustrate stories about inclusive nightlife, the visibility of LGBTQ+ businesses, public art in commercial districts and the role of murals in creating distinctive cultural streetscapes.
The George, Dame Lane, Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,street,Dale St,Liverpool,murals,mural,by,belief,in,Merseyside,UK,Moose mural,Liverpool street art,sports inspiration,positivity message,Believe in Yourself,Youll Never Run Alone,athletic runner,hurdles,female athlete,contemporary mural,regeneration,city architecture,high rise building,urban regeneration,public artwork,inspirational quote,city culture,modern Liverpool,documentary photography,female,woman,never give up,progress,keep going
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BR174C - A large-scale mural titled Powering Positivity by Liverpool-based artist Paul Curtis, displayed on the side of a multi-storey building on Dale Street in Liverpool city centre, England. The artwork depicts a female athlete clearing hurdles, set against a dramatic sky, with prominent motivational text including Believe in Yourself , Progress Not Perfection , and You'll Never Run Alone .
Paul Curtis, also known professionally as Moose, is known for creating bold, optimistic public artworks across Liverpool and the wider UK, often using sport, community identity, and positive messaging as central themes. This mural reflects those values, combining athletic imagery with encouragement aimed at passers-by in a busy commercial area of the city.
Dale Street is one of Liverpool's historic thoroughfares, linking the commercial district with the waterfront, and has become a prominent location for large-scale public art as part of wider urban regeneration. The mural's scale and placement ensure high visibility, transforming the blank façade of a modern building into a striking landmark within the streetscape.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating contemporary street art, public murals, urban regeneration, inspirational public messaging, women in sport, Liverpool culture, and the role of large-scale artwork in modern city environments.
Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,historic,heritage,facade,façade,building,buildings,ornate,shops,shop,Leeds,city,murals,art,centre,autimn,sunset,Yorkshire,LS1 6DN,LS1,painting,artwork,arts,Jim,Jims,Place,Cornucopia Mural,Cornucopia,mural,cities,symbol,of,abundance,and,nurishment,nourishment,atlas,obscura
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T2845B - Taken on 07 Oct 2023, this photograph shows Jim's Place , Cornucopia Mural - 16 Call Lane, Leeds city centre, Yorkshire, LS1 6DN. The location is 16 Call Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS1 6DN. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains street art, painted wall detail and surrounding urban fabric, giving the image a clear sense of place. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Leeds, artwork, art work, art, architecture, English, mural, Yorkshire, history, centre, historic, heritage, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It also has a useful contemporary feel, because it shows how long-standing places, policies, products or institutions are encountered by ordinary people in daily life. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy papers and web features.
16 Call Lane, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS1 6DN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,Bury,England,UK,Chips@No8,M25,murals,music,musicians,bands,mural,on,at,of,chippy,fish and chip,shop,fish & chip,art,artwork,artist,painting,painted,smokes,cigarettes,building,Prestwich Arts Festival,giant,village,centre,Akse P19,Akse,P19,AkseP19,obesity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGPNA3 - Large mural of Mark E Smith, frontman of The Fall, painted on the gable end of Chips at No8 on Clifton Road in Prestwich, Greater Manchester. The wider street view shows the famous portrait beside the blue frontage of the independent fish and chip shop, with visible signage for Chips@No.8, fish and chips, take away and eat in. Smith is shown in a white open neck shirt and dark jacket with a cigarette, a confrontational and instantly recognisable image that reflects the abrasive wit and cult presence of one of British post-punk's most uncompromising performers. The mural was created by street artist Akse P19 for Prestwich Arts Festival in 2018 after Smith's death, and was reported as a six metre painting on the side of the local chippy. Pitchfork also reported that the mural was based on a photograph by Alex Whitton. The Fall emerged from Prestwich and Greater Manchester in the late 1970s, building a fierce reputation through jagged repetition, literary bite, dry northern humour and Smith's unmistakable vocal delivery. The setting matters because this is not a formal monument in a gallery or civic square, but a music icon painted on a working chippy in a local high street environment. The image is useful for editorial stories about Manchester music heritage, The Fall, Mark E Smith, post-punk, fan pilgrimage, public art, grassroots culture, Prestwich identity, independent businesses and the role of murals in preserving local memory. Details such as the red brick shop, blue fascia, rendered side wall, flue pipe, overhead wires, drainpipe, clear blue sky and strong sunshine place the artwork firmly in an everyday northern street scene. The photograph also works for wider coverage of music tourism, urban art, cultural landmarks, British alternative rock, working class creativity and the way ordinary local businesses become points of pilgrimage for fans.
8 Clifton Road, Prestwich, Bury, Manchester, England, UK, M25 3HQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,to rent,available,empty department store,closed department store,empty shop Northwich,Witton Street Northwich,boarded shopfront,unused commercial property,town centre vacancy,CW9,empty,vacant,department,shop,store,shop unit,retail unit,closed,town,centre,high street,decline,UK,boarded,up,shopfront,shop front,unused,town centre,vacancy,brightened up,colourful,mural,murals,estate agent,sign,high street decline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGHTY - This image shows an empty former department store on Witton Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The large retail unit is currently vacant, with its ground-floor windows boarded and covered with colourful temporary panels, while the upper floors sit unused above. Decorative bunting is strung across the street, creating a visual contrast between civic efforts to maintain vibrancy and the reality of retail vacancy.
The building features a mock Tudor black-and-white timbered facade, a style commonly found on prominent town-centre department stores built or remodelled in the early to mid-twentieth century. Despite its architectural presence, the premises show no active retail use, highlighting the challenges faced by large-format stores in smaller UK towns.
The photograph was taken in daylight under clear blue skies, with the pedestrianised street empty of shoppers, reinforcing the sense of quietness and underuse. Empty department stores like this have become increasingly common across the UK, reflecting long-term changes in consumer behaviour, the decline of traditional department store chains, and the shift toward online retail.
The image documents a familiar aspect of contemporary British high streets, where historic retail buildings await repurposing as part of wider town-centre regeneration strategies.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, CW9
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,23,2023,Dalts23,murals,painting,art,ice,hockey,landmark,street art,icon,team,success,successful,logo,Stena Line Belfast Giants,yellow,crane,in,background,professional,champions,Elite Ice Hockey League,EIHL,Odyssey,arena,mythical warrior,Finn McCool,refreshed,primary,M3,Queens Quay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0HW - . Belfast Giants graffiti from Dalts 23, riverside, Titanic Quarter, within sight of the H&W Harland & Wolff cranes Samson and Goliath & SSE Arena. Photographed on 24 June 2023. The recorded location is M3 Underpass, Queens Quay, Titanic Quarter, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9DB. The Belfast Giants (known officially as the Stena Line Belfast Giants due to sponsorship) are a professional ice hockey team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They compete in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and are the current champions for the 7th time in their history. They play their home games at the SSE Arena (formerly known as the Odyssey Arena). Since their inception in 2000, the Giants have won fourteen major honours, including seven British league championships, three British championships by winning the play-offs, and five Challenge Cups. The background to artwork is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. Within the history of turnstile, cranes and construction access systems are symbols of large-scale building and industrial work
Dockside cranes originally served cargo handling, while building cranes and controlled turnstiles reflect the organisation and safety requirements of modern sites. In relation to passenger ferry, historical context shows that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. Current 2026 context around artwork is that public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks.
M3 Underpass, Queens Quay, Titanic Quarter, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,69,mural,art,street,political,urban,mural art,legacy,historical,heritage,West Belfast,murals,residential,gable wall,children,kids,rubble,struggle,war,BT13 1DL,BT13,social history,story,children in conflict,imagery,housing estate,destruction scene,fight,fighting,protestant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ33E - This image shows the Summer of 69 mural located on a gable wall at Hopewell Crescent in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The mural depicts two children standing amid rubble and damaged buildings, referencing the widespread civil unrest and destruction that occurred in Belfast during the summer of 1969, a period widely regarded as the beginning of the Troubles.
Rendered in a restrained, illustrative style, the artwork uses muted tones and detailed line work to evoke memory, loss, and the impact of conflict on civilian life, particularly on children and families living in affected neighbourhoods. The surrounding painted scene of demolished housing and debris reflects the disruption to residential communities during that period.
The photograph was taken on a grey, overcast day, with low, diffuse light and heavy cloud cover reinforcing the somber tone of the mural. The weather conditions flatten shadows and enhance the subdued atmosphere, aligning visually with the subject matter.
Political and historical murals such as this remain a prominent feature of Belfast's urban landscape. They function as acts of remembrance, community storytelling, and public history, while also reflecting the ongoing complexity of how the past is interpreted and represented in shared space. The image documents how murals continue to shape identity, memory, and place in post-conflict Northern Ireland.
Hopewell Crescent, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT13 1DL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,County,Antrim,UK,BT57 8SF,BT57,art,paintings,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,community,memorial,painting,of,the,statue,cenotaphs,statues,a,and,union,flag,flying,Great Britain,British,gable,gable-end,murals,BREF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CH7 - Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,295 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway.
Bushmills in the early 20th century
Demography
Bushmills is classified as a village (population 1,000“2,499) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,295 people living in Bushmills. Of these:
20.39% were under 16 years old and 21.47% were aged 65 and above
46.64% of the population were male and 53.36% were female
and
3.47% were from a Catholic community background and 92.90% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background.
Places of interest
The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery. The distillery's products include the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends, as well as the 10-, 12-, 16-, and 21-year-old Bushmills Single Malts. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling starting in the area the distillery released a unique whiskey called the 1608 which included crystal malt. The distillery draws its water, not from the River Bush itself, but from a tributary known as Saint Columbs Rill.
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,County,Antrim,UK,BT57 8SF,BT57,art,murals,paintings,drug,drugs,community,initiative,supported,support,by,Ulidia community empowerment,NI,gable,gable-end,end,crime,addiction,misuse,substance,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,CIC,UT
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CHX - Ulidia Training was set up to improve opportunities for much needed up-skilling and confidence building within marginalised Loyalist communities
Ulidia Training (UT) was established in 2014 and is a voluntary community organisation with a constitution. It is currently applying for a Charities Registration Number.
UT operates from the Ulidian Centre, a shop front premises in Ballymoney, a small town in Country Antrim with a population of around 10,000 people, 80 per cent of which are from a Protestant background (2011 census).
UT was set up to provide improved opportunities for much needed up-skilling and confidence building within marginalised Loyalist communities living in the previously UDA dominated North Antrim and Londonderry constituency.
Through the provision of training, education and essential skills, UT has been assisting ex-prisoners, former combatants and their families and supporters as well as young people at risk of offending or criminal recruitment, in improving their employment and social inclusion opportunities.
UT offers five main strands of activity. -Traditional Skills Training Programme, Cultural Awareness Programme, Major Events Programme, Restorative Justice Programme, Social Enterprise Programme
Although originally intended as a single identity project, UT has played a central role in the organisation and delivery of a number of cross-community and cross-border events over the last twelve months.
The organisation has also been integral in calming volatile community situations and improving inter-community relations through meaningful dialogue with Republican and Nationalist representatives from the area.
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,County,Antrim,UK,BT57 8SF,BT57,art,murals,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,community,Great Britain,British,gable-end,gable,Riverside Court,Bushmills,County Antrim,NI,history,heritage,images,view,attraction,travel,Dundarave,housing estate,BREF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CKX - Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,295 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway.
Bushmills in the early 20th century
Demography
Bushmills is classified as a village (population 1,000“2,499) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,295 people living in Bushmills. Of these:
20.39% were under 16 years old and 21.47% were aged 65 and above
46.64% of the population were male and 53.36% were female
and
3.47% were from a Catholic community background and 92.90% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background.
Places of interest
The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery. The distillery's products include the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends, as well as the 10-, 12-, 16-, and 21-year-old Bushmills Single Malts. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling starting in the area the distillery released a unique whiskey called the 1608 which included crystal malt. The distillery draws its water, not from the River Bush itself, but from a tributary known as Saint Columbs Rill.
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northern Ireland,Ireland UK,sunny,blue,sky,skies,centre,County,Antrim,UK,BT57 8SF,BT57,art,murals,marginalised,Loyalist,communities,community,Great Britain,British,gable-end,gable,Riverside Court,Bushmills,County Antrim,NI,history,heritage,images,view,attraction,travel,Dundarave,housing estate,BREF
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3CM2 - Bushmills (From Irish Muileann na Buaise) is a village on the north coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Bushmills had a population of 1,295 in the 2011 Census.[3] It is located 60 miles (97 km) from Belfast, 11 miles (18 km) from Ballycastle and 9 miles (14 km) from Coleraine. The village owes its name to the River Bush and to a large watermill that was built there in the early 17th century. It is home to the Old Bushmills Distillery, which produces Irish whiskey, and is near the Giant's Causeway.
Bushmills in the early 20th century
Demography
Bushmills is classified as a village (population 1,000“2,499) by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 1,295 people living in Bushmills. Of these:
20.39% were under 16 years old and 21.47% were aged 65 and above
46.64% of the population were male and 53.36% were female
and
3.47% were from a Catholic community background and 92.90% were from a 'Protestant and Other Christian (including Christian related)' community background.
Places of interest
The village is best known as the location of the Old Bushmills Distillery. The distillery's products include the Bushmills Original and Black Bush blends, as well as the 10-, 12-, 16-, and 21-year-old Bushmills Single Malts. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of distilling starting in the area the distillery released a unique whiskey called the 1608 which included crystal malt. The distillery draws its water, not from the River Bush itself, but from a tributary known as Saint Columbs Rill.
Riverside Ct, Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT57 8SF
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W1F,England,UK,the,parish,of,gable,end,art,artwork,St Ann,W1,&,Fitzrovia,Broadwick Street,murals,The Spirit of Soho,1991,St Annes,Parish of St Annes,overseeing,various,Soho,luminaries,restored,2006,Freeform Arts Trust,Ltd,Freeform,Soho parish school,a dog and hare standing on a Union Jack,a,Willow Pattern dish,Soho Street Theatre,presented by Alternative Arts,West End
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRF1 - Site: Spirit of Soho Mural (1 memorial)
W1, BROADWICK STREET
The flame-haired St Anne holds out her skirt on which is depicted a map of Soho. Crowded below her lacey, fruity hem are some of the famous characters connected with the area. To left and right are six scenes representing a film animator in his studio (possibly Bob Godfrey), the fashion trades, food and international restaurants (pictured), the Palladium, Carnaby Street and Ronnie Scott's.
A green border at the bottom carries little pictures of, left to right:
Soho parish school
a dog and hare standing on a Union Jack
a Willow Pattern dish
Soho Street Theatre - presented by Alternative Arts
In the frame, along the bottom edge, blue plaques, reading, left to right:
BSI, Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme
Sponsored by City of Westminster
Goldsmiths & silversmiths
Gunmakers
Jewellers & clockmakers
Furniture & woodworkers
Engravers
Science & medicine
Commissioned & sponsored by Wereldhave
FreeForm 1991. Designed & made by Freeform Arts Trust Ltd
Carnaby St, London, England, UK, W1F 9PS
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W1F,England,UK,the,parish,of,gable,end,art,artwork,St Ann,W1,&,Fitzrovia,Broadwick Street,murals,The Spirit of Soho,1991,St Annes,Parish of St Annes,overseeing,various,Soho,luminaries,restored,2006,Freeform Arts Trust,Ltd,Freeform,Soho parish school,a dog and hare standing on a Union Jack,a,Willow Pattern dish,Soho Street Theatre,presented by Alternative Arts,West End
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJYRF3 - Site: Spirit of Soho Mural (1 memorial)
W1, BROADWICK STREET
The flame-haired St Anne holds out her skirt on which is depicted a map of Soho. Crowded below her lacey, fruity hem are some of the famous characters connected with the area. To left and right are six scenes representing a film animator in his studio (possibly Bob Godfrey), the fashion trades, food and international restaurants (pictured), the Palladium, Carnaby Street and Ronnie Scott's.
A green border at the bottom carries little pictures of, left to right:
Soho parish school
a dog and hare standing on a Union Jack
a Willow Pattern dish
Soho Street Theatre - presented by Alternative Arts
In the frame, along the bottom edge, blue plaques, reading, left to right:
BSI, Business Sponsorship Incentive Scheme
Sponsored by City of Westminster
Goldsmiths & silversmiths
Gunmakers
Jewellers & clockmakers
Furniture & woodworkers
Engravers
Science & medicine
Commissioned & sponsored by Wereldhave
FreeForm 1991. Designed & made by Freeform Arts Trust Ltd
Carnaby St, London, England, UK, W1F 9PS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141CH - More at http://www.oneredshoe.co.uk/runcornmural.html
Ethelfleda, Queen of Mercia, Credited With Founding Runcorn in The 10th Century. The earliest recorded event in Runcorn's history is the building of a fort to protect the northern frontier of Ethelfleda's kingdom - Mercia against the Vikings in 915.
We placed her at the beginning of ˜Runcorn' and above the Railway bridge (Ethelfleda Bridge) that marks the site of the fort. Depicted in the style of an illuminated letter from the Saxon Chronicles where this event is mentioned.
The letter ˜R' is formed by Ethelfleda sending the Viking ship away. The ship is also copied from an illustration in the Chronicles, with the rune for the north star atop the mast.
A strong, female heroine, she was well known for avoiding bloodshed where possible but willing to physically join the fighting herself if needed.
Hazlehurst and Sons and Johnson Brothers Chimney stacks. -Rival Soap Manufacturers & Huge Industrialists
The massive chimneys shaped Runcorn's skyline and are included here as an essential, but sooty part of its past. The hydrochloric acid vapour polluted the once clean air and together with the soot eliminated the salt water bathing and day-trippers.
Old Town Bloom Community Garden, 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141EW - More at http://www.oneredshoe.co.uk/runcornmural.html
Ethelfleda, Queen of Mercia, Credited With Founding Runcorn in The 10th Century. The earliest recorded event in Runcorn's history is the building of a fort to protect the northern frontier of Ethelfleda's kingdom - Mercia against the Vikings in 915.
We placed her at the beginning of ˜Runcorn' and above the Railway bridge (Ethelfleda Bridge) that marks the site of the fort. Depicted in the style of an illuminated letter from the Saxon Chronicles where this event is mentioned.
The letter ˜R' is formed by Ethelfleda sending the Viking ship away. The ship is also copied from an illustration in the Chronicles, with the rune for the north star atop the mast.
A strong, female heroine, she was well known for avoiding bloodshed where possible but willing to physically join the fighting herself if needed.
Hazlehurst and Sons and Johnson Brothers Chimney stacks. -Rival Soap Manufacturers & Huge Industrialists
The massive chimneys shaped Runcorn's skyline and are included here as an essential, but sooty part of its past. The hydrochloric acid vapour polluted the once clean air and together with the soot eliminated the salt water bathing and day-trippers.
Old Town Bloom Community Garden, 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JFTMNX - 03/12/2019 - A mural has been unveiled at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix
A portrait of the British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone 2019. Project supported by Sky Sport F1
To celebrate his stunning achievements, a mural has been unveiled at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix.
Sky Sports F1 - the home of live and exclusive F1 - hired artist James Cochran , who also created the famous David Bowie mural in Brixton - to design the piece to celebrate Hamilton's latest title crown.
The impressive-looking painting displays Hamilton in his Mercedes gear, with the Union Jack acting as a stunning backdrop.
The mural has been emblazoned on a section of a wall at the world famous Silverstone circuit, a track which has seen Sir Lewis Hamilton triumph a record six times.
More at https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/lewis-hamilton-mural-unveiled-silverstone-21019129
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JFTMP7 - 03/12/2019 - A mural has been unveiled at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix
A portrait of the British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton at Silverstone 2019. Project supported by Sky Sport F1
To celebrate his stunning achievements, a mural has been unveiled at Silverstone, the home of the British Grand Prix.
Sky Sports F1 - the home of live and exclusive F1 - hired artist James Cochran , who also created the famous David Bowie mural in Brixton - to design the piece to celebrate Hamilton's latest title crown.
The impressive-looking painting displays Hamilton in his Mercedes gear, with the Union Jack acting as a stunning backdrop.
The mural has been emblazoned on a section of a wall at the world famous Silverstone circuit, a track which has seen Sir Lewis Hamilton triumph a record six times.
More at https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/formula-1/lewis-hamilton-mural-unveiled-silverstone-21019129
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR0B - Info from - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodd-murals-unveiled-17907175
Exactly two years after his death, two magnificent murals were unveiled in memory of the great Sir Ken Dodd “ on the wall of the theatre he helped save.
The murals now adorning the Liverpool Royal Court were commissioned by The Comedy Trust and created by the artist Paul Curtis, best known for his Liverbird wings mural.
Lady Anne Dodd “ who performed the emotional ceremony “ told the ECHO: They are just amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm humbled. I'm thrilled to bits. I woke up sad this morning because it's a sad day in one way, but this just shows he brought happiness.
Ken would have felt humbled “ he would have said it was tattyfilarious, plumptious and ˜I'm totally discomknockerated!'
The first of the bright and colourful murals shows a sharply dressed Doddy, tickling stick in hand, by the seaside, in reference to Blackpool but also his love of playing seaside theatres all over the country.
The second features a couple of Diddy Men and words from the Squire of Knotty Ash's trademark song “ Happiness, which was sung by the Liverpool Royal Court Community Choir, as a big crowd gathered outside the theatre for the unveiling.
Lady Anne added: They couldn't be in a better place. They will be seen by so many people “ walking by or going past on buses “ and hopefully they will make people smile.
The murals were funded by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson with a contribution from his City Fund.
Sir Ken, who performed at the Royal Court across several decades, starting in the 1950s, played a huge part in keeping the theatre open in the 1970s.
In 1974, he entered the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his Marathon Mirthquake at the theatre “ it lasted three hours, 30 minutes and six seconds and included 1,500 jokes.
Later, he became part of the Royal Court Theatre and Arts Trust “ and even sold the first tickets at the box office for Laughter Show
1 Roe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR0G - Info from - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodd-murals-unveiled-17907175
Exactly two years after his death, two magnificent murals were unveiled in memory of the great Sir Ken Dodd “ on the wall of the theatre he helped save.
The murals now adorning the Liverpool Royal Court were commissioned by The Comedy Trust and created by the artist Paul Curtis, best known for his Liverbird wings mural.
Lady Anne Dodd “ who performed the emotional ceremony “ told the ECHO: They are just amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm humbled. I'm thrilled to bits. I woke up sad this morning because it's a sad day in one way, but this just shows he brought happiness.
Ken would have felt humbled “ he would have said it was tattyfilarious, plumptious and ˜I'm totally discomknockerated!'
The first of the bright and colourful murals shows a sharply dressed Doddy, tickling stick in hand, by the seaside, in reference to Blackpool but also his love of playing seaside theatres all over the country.
The second features a couple of Diddy Men and words from the Squire of Knotty Ash's trademark song “ Happiness, which was sung by the Liverpool Royal Court Community Choir, as a big crowd gathered outside the theatre for the unveiling.
Lady Anne added: They couldn't be in a better place. They will be seen by so many people “ walking by or going past on buses “ and hopefully they will make people smile.
The murals were funded by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson with a contribution from his City Fund.
Sir Ken, who performed at the Royal Court across several decades, starting in the 1950s, played a huge part in keeping the theatre open in the 1970s.
In 1974, he entered the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his Marathon Mirthquake at the theatre “ it lasted three hours, 30 minutes and six seconds and included 1,500 jokes.
Later, he became part of the Royal Court Theatre and Arts Trust “ and even sold the first tickets at the box office for Laughter Show
1 Roe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR2P - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Paul Curtis murals of Ken Dodd Liverpool entertainer, including Happiness, on the Royal Court Theatre, Roe street, Liverpool ,L1 1HL. The wider scene also brings together historical comparison, everyday life, local history, community life, street-level documentary, visual archive, city-centre activity, public realm, local identity, contemporary city life, pedestrian environment, urban social history, regional identity, and social history. The wider contemporary story combines community use, transport and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The image fixes equipment and working practice within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, townscape record, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, social landscape, community identity, urban change, and place identity. References to Theatre, including, Royal, entertainer, and Liverpool give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is community use and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The scene further reflects public-realm change and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Its period value extends to footfall and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7PC6 - The Briton's Protection is a historic, Grade II listed public house in Manchester, England. Various dates are given for its establishment
the pub's own website says 1806, although its bicentenary was not celebrated until 2011. In any case, it was listed in Pigot and Dean's New Directory of Manchester & Salford for 1821 and 1822.
The pub's name recalls its use as an army recruiting venue. A set of murals inside the pub commemorates the Peterloo Massacre.
The brick building, with a slate roof, was granted Grade II listed status, offering protection from unauthorised alteration or demolition, in 1990. The largely intact 1930s interior has six public rooms. Other notable architectural features include a terrazzo-tiled corridor floor, moulded ceiling, original 1930s urinals and the serving hatch through which people in the two rear rooms are served beer from the front bar.
As well as serving real ale, it is known for offering over 360 whiskies.
For many years, the pub was operated as a Tetley house, then by Punch Taverns, before being taken over in 2014 by an independent operator and refurbished. The pub was voted Best Pub in Manchester in the Pride of Manchester Awards in both 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. It is on the Campaign for Real Ale's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
50 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE4BB - A colourful section of the Bubbles street-art mural in Renfield Lane, Glasgow city centre, showing a photorealistic young girl closing her eyes as she blows soap bubbles from a small wand. Her enlarged portrait covers the brick wall, with long blonde hair, pink clothing and carefully painted facial detail giving the work an almost photographic appearance. A second view of the girl appears further along the wall, surrounded by more translucent bubbles.
The bubbles are painted with reflective bands of blue, green, pink and white, creating the appearance of light moving across their curved surfaces. Carefully rendered shadows add a three-dimensional effect and make some of the bubbles appear to float beyond the wall. Drainpipes, ventilation grilles, brickwork and street bollards remain visible around the artwork, placing the highly finished portrait within the practical surroundings of a narrow Glasgow backstreet.
Bubbles was created in 2019 by Glasgow street artist Rogue One, working with Art Pistol. The wider installation extends across facing walls in Renfield Lane and depicts two young girls playing with bubbles, together with a French bulldog surrounded by the same floating forms. The girls were reportedly based on the daughters of a friend of the artist.
The work forms part of Glasgow's City Centre Mural Trail, which presents large-scale public artworks across walls, lanes and buildings throughout the central area. The Bubbles commission was intended to make Renfield Lane feel more welcoming while using the opposing walls to create an immersive spectacle.
The photograph is suitable for editorial themes involving Glasgow street art, public murals, urban regeneration, photorealistic painting, contemporary Scottish artists, cultural tourism, creative placemaking, hidden city-centre attractions and the transformation of commercial backstreets through public artwork.
Renfield Lane,Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 5AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPFP - Tawny Gray
Toin Adams, born in Kitwe, Zambia, is a sculptor working in steel, acrylic, fibreglass and other media. She spent her early childhood in eastern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), and late teen years, in South Africa, where she attended the National School of the Arts, Johannesburg. In the late 80's she moved to England, where she began her career in sculpting.
Her two most well known works to date are Birmingham's largest sculpture: the 12 m high, The Green Man 2002 and the 10m high hanging sculpture The Deluge 2010 at Zellig, a 10 metres (33 ft) high hanging sculpture of falling bodies, both commissioned by the Custard Factory in Digbeth, Birmingham. I like making large scale sculpture, playing with diverse materials and figuring out how to make them...not fall over...
Adams is part of The Imaginary Beings Art Collective, a group of artists that work together to create collaborative art projects. Through this collective she has put together several art events around the world including The End of a World and Transcendence and Transformation
Devonshire House,Custard factory,Digbeth,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B9 4AT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPHG - . Photographed at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The image documents Graffiti and urban street art on abandoned factory,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. The frame also contains themes of community identity, urban fabric, labour history, heritage landmark, architectural character, conservation interest, documentary photography, historic commercial architecture, architectural detailing, visual archive, industrial supply chain, regional identity, public realm, and industrial material culture. The subject remains useful for current coverage of labour history and regional industry, not least because of the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. Today's wider story includes planning control, embodied carbon and the practical question of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As a documentary source, the frame records the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The surrounding context also covers changing land use, period streetscape, local history, historical comparison, industrial archaeology, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, and cityscape history. Details involving abandoned, Birmingham, Bordesley, Midlands, and Graffiti give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. By fixing the subject within Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The period view preserves period character within the wider story of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPHR - . A dated documentary view of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The subject recorded here is Digbeth Dozen,Deep Eye,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. The photograph also reflects social history, documentary photography, architectural detailing, historic frontage, urban fabric, built heritage, regional identity, historic commercial architecture, before-and-after reference, historic townscape, period streetscape, visual archive, adaptive reuse, and contemporary social history. Today's wider story includes maintenance costs, energy retrofit and the practical question of keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a piece of social history, the photograph anchors the combination of built form, activity and local identity as seen at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. Further connections include heritage landmark, historical comparison, community identity, local character, historic context, period building, conservation interest, and changing land use. Elements such as Midlands, urban, Floodgate, Bordesley, and Digbeth add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes maintenance costs and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The record includes period character as a date-specific reference. The frame retains a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPJF - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The photograph records Face,Never Ready,High Vis,Graffiti urban street art,in Floodgate St,Digbeth,Bordesley & Highgate,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B5 5ST. The setting also relates to period streetscape, archival record, historical comparison, adaptive reuse, visual archive, conservation interest, architectural character, historic frontage, contemporary social history, urban fabric, before-and-after reference, social history, everyday life, and community identity. The present-day relevance extends to energy retrofit and adaptive reuse, while a wider concern is keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the image retains the visual character of the locality at the time in the immediate surroundings of Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The surrounding context also covers traditional masonry, conservation architecture, regional identity, changing land use, local character, period detail, historic context, and historic commercial architecture. Elements such as Birmingham, Bordesley, Ready, Digbeth, and Never add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to energy retrofit and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison for future local research.
Floodgate St,Digbeth, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B5 5ST
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AYHHNJ - Every year on June 16th many James Joyce enthusiasts, some dressed in Edwardian costume, re-enact this epic pub crawl, and though it's referred to as a ˜literary event' it's basically an excuse for lots of drinking broken up by a bit of walking and the reading of various excerpts from the book. The event is known as Bloomsday and the first mention of such a thing was found in a letter from James Joyce to a Miss Weaver, dated June 27th 1924 and referring to a group of people who observe what they call ˜Bloom's Day' “ June 16th . The book itself must have made a big impression on someone back in the 1970s as the hotel was named after one of the story's main characters.
Fast forward to the present day and we find James Earley, a Dublin artist whose works are based on his family's artistic past within Irish stained glass art. James has been producing artworks in public spaces since 1997, playing an active role in the Irish graffiti movement, and from 2010 has developed abstract figurative works based on the principles and beauty of stained glass. He has travelled widely with his art throughout Europe, Asia and America and has worked on a variety of large-scale projects with various art-based organisations and multi-nationals which support the arts.
In 2014 James was commissioned to paint the exterior of Blooms Hotel
the project took a full year to complete and to date is the largest public artwork in Ireland. When I first saw it I was quite surprised that this street art wasn't just part of one wall, it was the whole exterior of the building. With my liking for bright colours and abstract, psychedelic designs I just had to take a few photos although the names on the pictures meant nothing to me at the time until I did a bit of later research and found the connection to James Joyce's Ulysses
3-6 Anglesea St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 FK84, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3193117961 - 'A fantastic double mural, either side of an alley, off Argyle St, Glasgow, by artist Conzo Throb.
The Duke of Wellington, with his customary Queen St traffic cone, propositions a blue haired lady guitarist, with Tunnocks Teacakes strategically placed, over her charms. With IRN Brew in the background, this is Glasgow defined in a short alleyway. A fun and slightly edgy city, that absolutely everyone should experience, at least once.
Sloans bar, down the alley, is Glasgow's oldest bar and restaurant and dates back to 1797 when it was a coffee house in Morrison's Court. Twice a week a stagecoach would leave the court bound for Edinburgh. The courtyard was also the scene for many famous cockfighting contests \u2013 the sport of the day.
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All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM6290 - . Mural depicting the Prince of Orange,King William III, 12th July 1690, King Billys on the wall, Williamite Forces, at Sandy Row, Belfast, NI, BT12 5EY. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Sandy Row, Belfast, NI, BT12 5EY, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, BT12 5EY, BT12, Sandy Row, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Sandy Row, Belfast, NI, BT12 5EY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM6293 - George Best (22 May 1946 “ 25 November 2005) was a Northern Irish professional footballer who played as a winger, spending most of his club career at Manchester United. A highly skilful dribbler, Best is regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport.[2] He was named European Footballer of the Year in 1968 and came fifth in the FIFA Player of the Century vote. Best received plaudits for his playing style, which combined pace, skill, balance, feints, two-footedness, goalscoring and the ability to get past defenders.
Born in Belfast, Best began his club career in England with Manchester United, with the scout who had spotted his talent at the age of 15 sending a telegram to manager Matt Busby which read: I think I've found you a genius. After making his debut aged 17, he scored 179 goals from 470 appearances over 11 years and was the club's top goalscorer in the league for five consecutive seasons.[3] He won two League titles and the European Cup with the club. His style of play on the field captured the public's imagination, and in 1999 he was on the six-man short-list for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Century. He was also an inaugural inductee into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002.
In international football, Best was capped 37 times for Northern Ireland between 1964 and 1977. A combination of the team's performance and his lack of fitness in 1982 meant that he never played in the finals of a major tournament. He considered his international career as being recreational football, with the expectations placed on a smaller nation in Northern Ireland being much less than with his club. He is regarded as one of the greatest players never to have played at a World Cup. The Irish Football Association described him as the greatest player to ever pull on the green shirt of Northern Ireland
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, Belfast, County Antrim, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT12 5HU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM6296 - . Mural memorial to Robert Dougan, murdered 10th Feb 1998, UDA, Blythe Street, Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT12 5EY. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Blythe Street, Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT12 5EY, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, UFF, UFF73, memorial, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
Blythe Street, Sandy Row, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT12 5EY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM62D2 - . IRSP graffiti - England will still rule you, she would rule you through her bankers, landlords and Stormont, Irish Republican Socialist Party. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, rule, she would rule you through her bankers, landlords and Stormont, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The housing context makes the image suitable for coverage of homes, neighbourhoods, residential estates, social and affordable housing, landlord investment, repairs, regeneration, planning and the lived environment. It can support reporting on housing condition, estate renewal, energy efficiency, building safety, development, tenure and the long-term transformation of residential areas. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM62GW - . Justice Sinn Fein - Pearse Jordan, murdered by the RUC, 25 November 1992. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, 25/11/1992, murdered, police, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include force, murder, memorial, man, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM6395 - . Tennents lager mural, Hemp Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT28 2SN. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Hemp Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT28 2SN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, BT28, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant.
Hemp Street, Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, BT28 2SN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM63CR - . Mural, For God, and Ulster, East Belfast Protestant Boys - UDF Gareth Keys 1981-2008, Salvation Army, 349-351 Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 1AJ. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 349-351 Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 1AJ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, dedicated, gable, end, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
349-351 Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 1AJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM63J0 - . The Union Jack Souvenier Shop, World Flag supplies, British By Birthright, 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, shop, store, retail, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The political or campaigning content is suitable for neutral editorial coverage of protest, organised labour, elections, public debate, campaigning, civil society and the way political messages are presented in public. Placards, posters, leaflets, slogans and demonstrations are valuable documentary evidence of a particular moment and can support later historical comparison without implying endorsement of the views displayed. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
354 Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1HG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM63N1 - . Newtownards road, country girl mural, protestant/unionist section of 919 Upper Newtownards Rd, Dundonald, Belfast , NI, UK, BT16 1RQ. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Upper Newtownards Rd, Dundonald, Belfast , NI, UK, BT16 1RQ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, politics, politicians, murals, art, streetart, Newtownards road, girl, mural, Dundonald, Belfast, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Upper Newtownards Rd, Dundonald, Belfast , NI, UK, BT16 1RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM64TF - . Ulster Young Militants Freedom Corner,Tomorrow Belongs To Us,HW, Harland & Wolff Shipbuilding company yellow crane in background, Belfast, NI, BT4 1AB. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1AB, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, UYM, Newtownards, shipbuilding, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include company, yellow, crane, Harland and Wolff, BT4 1AB, BT4, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information.
Newtownards Rd, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT4 1AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW151 - A row of small red brick two up, two down terraced houses stands boarded and partly derelict beside the 30 Years of Slaughter loyalist mural off the Shankill Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The image combines poor working class housing, urban decay and the visual politics of the Troubles in one street scene. The houses have sealed doors, covered windows, damaged brickwork, weeds growing from the roofline and a general sense of abandonment, making the photograph useful for editorial stories about housing poverty, inner city decline, dereliction, regeneration, poor urban conditions and the long social shadow of conflict. The adjoining mural refers to 30 years of indiscriminate slaughter and is associated with loyalist and Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist community memory around attacks including the Four Step Inn, Balmoral Showrooms, Mountainview Tavern, Bayardo Bar and Frizzell's Fish Shop. It is a highly charged example of Belfast political mural culture, using public wall space to express grief, anger, identity and contested historical memory. The contrast between the memorial mural and the modest brick terrace is especially strong for themes around everyday life beside political symbolism, the overlap of poverty and sectarian history, and the way ordinary streets became carriers of public memory during and after the Northern Ireland Troubles. The photograph can illustrate Belfast mural tours, conflict tourism, dark tourism, post conflict urban landscapes, Shankill Road history, loyalist murals, social housing history, urban renewal, neglected housing stock, community identity and documentary street photography. The scene appears to be photographed in daylight under mixed blue sky and cloud, with direct sun catching the red brickwork while grey cloud adds a sombre mood. The image has strong commercial and editorial relevance for Northern Ireland politics, British and Irish history, architecture, housing deprivation, urban regeneration, working class
Bellevue Street in West Belfast, UK, BT13 2BT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW18H - Loyalist Red Hand Commando mural on Glenwood Street, off the Shankill Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland, showing the RHC insignia, the Red Hand of Ulster with wings, eagle imagery and the slogans Lamh Dearg Abu and Ulster to Victory. The photograph records a political gable wall mural in a residential street setting, partly seen behind black railings and a pavement edge, with the painted wall running along the side of housing in the Shankill area. The Irish language slogan is more correctly written as Lámh Dhearg Abú and is usually translated as Red Hand to victory, a striking detail because loyalist murals more often use British, Ulster Scots or military-style symbolism rather than Irish language wording. This image has strong editorial value for coverage of Belfast murals, loyalist political imagery, the Shankill Road, Red Hand Commando symbolism, Northern Ireland politics, The Troubles, paramilitary visual culture, contested heritage, community identity and post-conflict street art. It should be treated as documentary evidence of a loyalist paramilitary mural rather than promotional imagery. The wall painting is useful for features on mural tours, political tourism, urban memory, sectarian geography, working-class housing areas, conflict legacy, public symbolism and the way Belfast streets became visual records of allegiance, remembrance and contested history. The overcast daylight, railings, terrace housing and narrow pavement give the scene a direct neighbourhood context, showing that such murals sit within everyday residential environments rather than formal galleries or museums. The image also suits wider searches on Unionist and Loyalist murals, Red Hand of Ulster iconography, Irish language in loyalist contexts, community commemoration, conflict studies, Northern Ireland heritage and documentary photography of political street art.
Glenwood Street, Shankill, West Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT13.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ63E - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK - with young mother / pushchair / baby. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. In historical terms, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. As background, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. Historically, everyday family scenes provide a social-history record of relationships, clothing and public behaviour
They can be especially useful when the setting or activity changes over time, such as libraries, playgrounds, streets or travel. During 2026, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. Against the 2026 backdrop, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. In the longer view, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ64P - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK -person walking through. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. Historically, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. In the longer view, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. Looking at the subject's development, everyday walking scenes document how people actually move through towns: on foot, with children, pets or shopping, using routes that may be altered or removed during redevelopment
Such images can become useful evidence of public access and local geography. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. The historical context is that seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ64T - . Motherwell Town Centre Underpass at night,Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK with shopper. Photographed on 16 December 2016. The recorded location is Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK. For other things to do in Motherwell - see this link:. The wider historical story is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. The historical context is that town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. As background, markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. In the present 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change. Relevant alternative phrases include scenic view, dusk, night photography, seasonal landscape, cityscape, coastal landscape, urban landscape, travel photography, wide view, sense of place, and streetscape.
Motherwell,Town,Centre,Underpass, North Lanarkshire,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ790W - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2016, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Shutters, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Another layer of the photograph includes urban artwork, contemporary mural, public art, local character, community identity, public-realm art, creative placemaking, changing land use, visual street culture, everyday life, changing streetscape, historical comparison, archival record, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines creative industries, local identity and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around the recorded location before conservation work alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects street-level design, visual archive, graffiti heritage, street creativity, urban graphics, contemporary social history, regional identity, and temporary artwork. The recorded references to Quarter, Northern, Manchester, Artwork, and Shutters preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate creative industries and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for public art and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image fixes period character within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ791P - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is Kelzo Manchester mural in shutter, Koffee Pot, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. A broader reading of the photograph includes documentary photography, urban artwork, period detail, visual street culture, mural culture, everyday life, street creativity, public art, place identity, public realm, temporary artwork, creative placemaking, before-and-after reference, and urban graphics. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into graffiti policy and local identity, not least because of the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include street-level design, contemporary social history, archival record, public-realm art, visual archive, local history, changing streetscape, and graffiti heritage. Elements such as Northern, shutter, Manchester, Quarter, and Artwork add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate graffiti policy and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for graffiti policy and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance as part of the recorded location's history.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ791Y - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Kelzo Manchester mural in shutter, Koffee Pot, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Further facets of the scene include graffiti heritage, street-level design, social history, urban artwork, public-realm art, local history, everyday life, regional identity, historical comparison, street creativity, creative district, archival record, contemporary mural, and changing streetscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public art and creative industries, not least because of the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. Small period details of signage and branding at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The surrounding story also includes local character, contemporary social history, public realm, mural culture, temporary artwork, documentary photography, creative placemaking, and place identity. References to Manchester, Koffee, Quarter, shutter, and Northern give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The particular scene at the recorded location gives that point a stronger documentary anchor. Its period value extends to public art and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of local identity and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene captures a point of historical comparison within the wider story of the recorded location. Image GJ791Y also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7924 - . This scene at the recorded location in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Kelzo Manchester mural in shutter, Koffee Pot, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The subject also carries associations with graffiti heritage, contemporary social history, community identity, mural culture, before-and-after reference, social history, urban graphics, place identity, visual street culture, public art, creative placemaking, temporary artwork, changing land use, and urban artwork. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with tourism, gentrification and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. Further associations within the scene are public-realm art, historical comparison, street creativity, documentary photography, archival record, regional identity, public realm, and everyday life. The combination of Koffee, Northern, Kelzo, Manchester, and Quarter anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to tourism and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of tourism and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time within the real-world context of the recorded location. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7927 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The locality and subject together evoke street-level design, changing land use, local history, temporary artwork, mural culture, public-realm art, changing streetscape, graffiti heritage, documentary photography, visual street culture, everyday life, regional identity, archival record, and creative district. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into temporary works and gentrification, not least because of the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after changed technology. The surrounding story also includes place identity, local character, period detail, contemporary mural, urban artwork, historical comparison, social history, and urban graphics. References to Manchester, Quarter, Northern, and Artwork give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of temporary works and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is public art and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the real-world context of the recorded location. The wider significance includes public art and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ792A - . Made at the recorded location in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The subject captured here is Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The frame also records themes of street-level design, historical comparison, social history, temporary artwork, urban artwork, mural culture, changing land use, street creativity, local character, regional identity, creative district, documentary photography, local history, and archival record. Today's relevance is strengthened by creative industries, public art and the continuing question of how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are community identity, graffiti heritage, public realm, period detail, place identity, public-realm art, visual street culture, and visual archive. The recorded references to Quarter, Northern, Manchester, and Artwork preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence of creative industries and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is creative industries and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at the recorded location. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ792C - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is HiFi shop front, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Another layer of the photograph includes changing streetscape, public art, visual street culture, documentary photography, urban artwork, social history, contemporary social history, historical comparison, urban graphics, period detail, mural culture, everyday life, graffiti heritage, and before-and-after reference. For current editorial use, regeneration and graffiti policy provide additional context, especially through the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after replacement signage. Further associations within the scene are creative district, local character, visual archive, street-level design, archival record, regional identity, temporary artwork, and street creativity. Details involving Artwork, Manchester, front, Northern, and Quarter make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. In this frame, the recorded location turns the broader subject into a place-specific record. A further contemporary connection is regeneration and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive within the real-world context of the recorded location. The wider significance includes temporary works and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the specific setting of the recorded location. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance as part of the recorded location's history. Image GJ792C also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ792K - Christopher Mark Sievey (25 August 1955 “ 21 June 2010) was an English musician and comedian known for fronting the band The Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards.
Sievey, under the guise of Sidebottom, made regular appearances on North West television throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, even becoming a reporter for Granada Reports. Later, he presented Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show in B/W for the Manchester-based television station Channel M. Throughout his career, Sidebottom made appearances on radio stations such as Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 5, alongside Mark and Lard.
54 Oldham St, Manchester, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ793T - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Rockers England shop shutters, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The subject also carries associations with visual street culture, historical comparison, community identity, visual archive, temporary artwork, urban artwork, contemporary mural, street-level design, public art, street creativity, local character, public-realm art, regional identity, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of gentrification, temporary works and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes social history, period detail, archival record, documentary photography, place identity, before-and-after reference, mural culture, and creative district. References to Quarter, shutters, Artwork, Rockers, and Northern give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object, a theme reinforced by the particular scene recorded at the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for gentrification and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another useful connection is regeneration and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7948 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows Rockers England shop shutters, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. A broader reading of the photograph includes contemporary mural, public-realm art, creative district, regional identity, community identity, local character, public realm, changing land use, street creativity, archival record, creative placemaking, public art, documentary photography, and graffiti heritage. Current relevance extends to regeneration and public art, particularly through the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around the recorded location before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes mural culture, street-level design, local history, before-and-after reference, urban graphics, period detail, visual street culture, and visual archive. References to Artwork, Quarter, Northern, Manchester, and Rockers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Here, the recorded location provides the local evidence behind the wider historical theme. Another useful connection is regeneration and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene further reflects temporary works and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The frame retains a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. The scene captures a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image GJ7948 also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ794T - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through Aboriginal child in car park, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The broader subject matter reaches into urban graphics, period detail, mural culture, local history, documentary photography, contemporary social history, creative placemaking, social history, creative district, before-and-after reference, public art, changing streetscape, contemporary mural, and local character. Current relevance extends to temporary works and gentrification, particularly through how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside regional identity, visual street culture, place identity, temporary artwork, public-realm art, graffiti heritage, public realm, and street-level design. Details involving Aboriginal, Northern, Artwork, Manchester, and child make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for temporary works and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is temporary works and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects local identity and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7955 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Aboriginal child in car park, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Another layer of the photograph includes community identity, regional identity, urban artwork, creative district, local character, documentary photography, contemporary mural, temporary artwork, local history, before-and-after reference, street creativity, changing land use, graffiti heritage, and public realm. For current editorial use, graffiti policy and creative industries provide additional context, especially through the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects public-realm art, everyday life, changing streetscape, mural culture, social history, visual archive, street-level design, and contemporary social history. The combination of Aboriginal, child, Northern, Manchester, and Quarter anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is graffiti policy and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene further reflects gentrification and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The record includes a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ795B - . Made at the recorded location in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Man & Woman on door, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The frame also records themes of visual archive, graffiti heritage, creative placemaking, place identity, contemporary mural, changing streetscape, local character, archival record, period detail, public art, public-realm art, mural culture, historical comparison, and creative district. The wider contemporary story combines graffiti policy, public art and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after different community use. The wider setting retains connections with temporary artwork, street creativity, regional identity, public realm, everyday life, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and urban artwork. The recorded references to Manchester, Quarter, Artwork, Northern, and Woman preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The dated record from the recorded location makes the broader context more tangible. A further contemporary connection is graffiti policy and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The wider significance includes gentrification and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the real-world context of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is tourism and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the specific setting of the recorded location. Image GJ795B also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7960 - . An on-location photograph from Northern Quarter , NQ4, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Another layer of the photograph includes place identity, contemporary social history, creative placemaking, before-and-after reference, mural culture, everyday life, period detail, historical comparison, public art, community identity, regional identity, creative district, local character, and archival record. From a 2025-onward perspective, temporary works and local identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. As a dated visual record of Northern Quarter , NQ4, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes temporary artwork, urban artwork, graffiti heritage, visual street culture, changing streetscape, street-level design, public-realm art, and local history. Details involving Artwork, Quarter, Northern, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Northern Quarter , NQ4, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes temporary works and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the specific setting of Northern Quarter , NQ4, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image GJ7960.
Northern Quarter , NQ4, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ798B - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The surrounding context encompasses creative placemaking, street-level design, archival record, mural culture, local history, changing land use, urban artwork, documentary photography, place identity, before-and-after reference, period detail, public art, local character, and graffiti heritage. Current relevance extends to local identity and tourism, particularly through how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at the recorded location, details that may look very different after conservation work. Further associations within the scene are street creativity, historical comparison, everyday life, public-realm art, temporary artwork, urban graphics, contemporary mural, and visual street culture. References to Northern, Quarter, Artwork, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is local identity and how regeneration can support and displace informal culture at the same time within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene further reflects local identity and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to regeneration and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBPEA - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. The locality and subject together evoke creative district, regional identity, local history, graffiti heritage, changing land use, before-and-after reference, urban graphics, place identity, public realm, public-realm art, contemporary mural, street creativity, community identity, and visual street culture. Today's relevance is strengthened by local identity, temporary works and the continuing question of how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The location also brings in historical comparison, creative placemaking, documentary photography, period detail, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, social history, and everyday life. The combination of Quarter, Northern, Manchester, and Artwork anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The wider significance includes local identity and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is creative industries and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the real-world context of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate public art and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M29 - Nestled along a narrow cobbled alleyway in the historic Half Bap area, the Duke offers a traditional Belfast welcome of craic, music and humour in contrast to the modern fashionable establishments currently blowing into the surrounding streets. Hosting regular traditional sessions there is no better place to sample the real taste of our city “ simply step in and drink an Irish whiskey washed down with a pint of creamy stout.
Imagine Belfast with only five streets. Protected by earth ramparts and the city walls, the area where the Dark Horse now stands was convenient to the old iron foundry, the pottery, the whiskey merchants and the brown linen hall. Appreciate the superb décor and special atmosphere with beautiful antique mirrors, Belfast furniture and artefacts from some of the city's most famous hotels and buildings from bygone times “ providing a rather rare and unique glimpse of Belfast's historical past. Just call in and you will enjoy a huge warm welcome from a truly Belfast institution with a huge heart.
Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NB Duke of York 02890 241062
7-11 Commercial Ct, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK BT1 2NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9H - Nestled along a narrow cobbled alleyway in the historic Half Bap area, the Duke offers a traditional Belfast welcome of craic, music and humour in contrast to the modern fashionable establishments currently blowing into the surrounding streets. Hosting regular traditional sessions there is no better place to sample the real taste of our city “ simply step in and drink an Irish whiskey washed down with a pint of creamy stout.
Imagine Belfast with only five streets. Protected by earth ramparts and the city walls, the area where the Dark Horse now stands was convenient to the old iron foundry, the pottery, the whiskey merchants and the brown linen hall. Appreciate the superb décor and special atmosphere with beautiful antique mirrors, Belfast furniture and artefacts from some of the city's most famous hotels and buildings from bygone times “ providing a rather rare and unique glimpse of Belfast's historical past. Just call in and you will enjoy a huge warm welcome from a truly Belfast institution with a huge heart.
Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NB Duke of York 02890 241062
7-11 Commercial Ct, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK BT1 2NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M9K - Watneys Red Barrel
Watneys Red Barrel was a bitter which sold highly in the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s.[8][9] It was introduced in 1931 as an export keg beer that could travel for long distances by being made stable through filtering and pasteurising “ as such it was the first keg beer.[8] It was renamed to just Red in 1971.
A 3.9% abv pale lager with the name Watneys Red Barrel was sold by the Sleeman Brewery until 1997[10] and a 6.0% beer with the same name is still brewed by Alken-Maes
The Duke of York
Nestled along a narrow cobbled alleyway in the historic Half Bap area, the Duke offers a traditional Belfast welcome of craic, music and humour in contrast to the modern fashionable establishments currently blowing into the surrounding streets. Hosting regular traditional sessions there is no better place to sample the real taste of our city “ simply step in and drink an Irish whiskey washed down with a pint of creamy stout.
Imagine Belfast with only five streets. Protected by earth ramparts and the city walls, the area where the Dark Horse now stands was convenient to the old iron foundry, the pottery, the whiskey merchants and the brown linen hall. Appreciate the superb décor and special atmosphere with beautiful antique mirrors, Belfast furniture and artefacts from some of the city's most famous hotels and buildings from bygone times “ providing a rather rare and unique glimpse of Belfast's historical past. Just call in and you will enjoy a huge warm welcome from a truly Belfast institution with a huge heart.
Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NB Duke of York 02890 241062
7-11 Commercial Ct, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK BT1 2NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9FY - . Boy kicking ball past the Shankill Road Mural, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 2AA near Ballysillan. Photographed on 23 June 2005. In the longer view, murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period. In historical terms, images of parents, children and couples combine personal emotion with wider social context
They can illustrate care, intergenerational relationships, childhood and companionship while also documenting the environment in which those interactions take place. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that public art and murals remain important to place-making, tourism and regeneration, particularly in city districts where street art has become part of the visitor economy
They also raise questions about conservation, ownership, temporary work and the rapid redevelopment of urban neighbourhoods. During 2026, contemporary editorial use often places ordinary family interaction within broader discussions of public space, services, wellbeing and community life. In historical terms, art in public and historic settings adds another layer to the built environment
Sculpture, mosaic, painting and street art can interpret heritage, provoke debate, memorialise communities or create landmarks, and photographs preserve works that may later change or disappear. From a heritage perspective, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, community history, humour, memory and changing cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. Additional high-relevance terminology includes visual culture, cultural identity, community art, urban art, and visual storytelling.
Shankill Road Mural, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 2AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21Y9 - A moody and atmospheric view of the Bobby Sands mural painted on the side of a Sinn Fein office on the Falls Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The mural depicts Bobby Sands, Irish republican hunger striker and Member of Parliament, whose death in 1981 became a defining moment in the history of the Troubles. Rendered in a muted, desaturated palette under heavy cloud, the image conveys the weight of political memory embedded within the urban streetscape.
The mural is framed by surrounding terraced housing and everyday street infrastructure, grounding this powerful symbol of conflict and resistance within a lived residential environment. In the foreground, children walk past the mural, introducing a striking contrast between the legacy of political struggle and the ordinariness of daily life. This juxtaposition reflects how history, identity and memory coexist within communities in West Belfast, where murals remain a prominent form of public expression.
Political murals along the Falls Road have long functioned as visual statements of identity, commemoration and resistance. They are part of a wider tradition of wall art in Northern Ireland that communicates historical narratives outside formal institutions, often serving as unofficial memorials and teaching tools for successive generations. The dark, brooding sky and subdued tones reinforce themes of loss, endurance and unresolved history.
This image is well suited for editorial use covering Northern Ireland politics, the Troubles, Irish republican history, peace and reconciliation, public art, memory and identity, as well as commercial editorial projects examining contested histories, urban communities and the long-term social impact of political conflict.
Bobby Sands mural painted on the side of a Sinn Fein office on the Falls Road in West Belfast, North
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERPNC - The mosaic was erected on St Chad's Circus , outside the City's Roman Catholic St Chad's Cathedral, in July 1968, at a cost of £5,000. When the road system was redeveloped in 2007 the mosaic was demolished. Key features, including the heads of some of the main figures, were retrieved and retained by Kenneth Budd's son Oliver.
In 2012 it was re-created using new materials. The new mosaic was erected in January 2013, in the city's Irish Quarter, on Floodgate Street in Digbeth, in reworked form, including the controversial addition of a new face, that of former Lord Mayor of Birmingham Mike Nangle, the city's first Irish Lord Mayor. The work was overseen by Budd's son, Oliver, who worked from his father's original drawings. The retained sections were not used as the colours had faded and would not match the new Smalti mosaic tiles. A formal unveiling took place on 23 February 2013.
Featured alongside Kennedy in the mosaic are his brother Teddy, the Seal of the President of the United States (using real gold), Martin Luther King Jr., American policemen and other figures.
104 Floodgate St, Deritend, Birmingham,England,UK, B5 5SR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M56 - Nestled along a narrow cobbled alleyway in the historic Half Bap area, the Duke offers a traditional Belfast welcome of craic, music and humour in contrast to the modern fashionable establishments currently blowing into the surrounding streets. Hosting regular traditional sessions there is no better place to sample the real taste of our city “ simply step in and drink an Irish whiskey washed down with a pint of creamy stout.
Imagine Belfast with only five streets. Protected by earth ramparts and the city walls, the area where the Dark Horse now stands was convenient to the old iron foundry, the pottery, the whiskey merchants and the brown linen hall. Appreciate the superb décor and special atmosphere with beautiful antique mirrors, Belfast furniture and artefacts from some of the city's most famous hotels and buildings from bygone times “ providing a rather rare and unique glimpse of Belfast's historical past. Just call in and you will enjoy a huge warm welcome from a truly Belfast institution with a huge heart.
Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NB Duke of York 02890 241062
7-11 Commercial Ct, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK BT1 2NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HE7M53 - Nestled along a narrow cobbled alleyway in the historic Half Bap area, the Duke offers a traditional Belfast welcome of craic, music and humour in contrast to the modern fashionable establishments currently blowing into the surrounding streets. Hosting regular traditional sessions there is no better place to sample the real taste of our city “ simply step in and drink an Irish whiskey washed down with a pint of creamy stout.
Imagine Belfast with only five streets. Protected by earth ramparts and the city walls, the area where the Dark Horse now stands was convenient to the old iron foundry, the pottery, the whiskey merchants and the brown linen hall. Appreciate the superb décor and special atmosphere with beautiful antique mirrors, Belfast furniture and artefacts from some of the city's most famous hotels and buildings from bygone times “ providing a rather rare and unique glimpse of Belfast's historical past. Just call in and you will enjoy a huge warm welcome from a truly Belfast institution with a huge heart.
Duke of York, 7-11 Commercial Court, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2NB Duke of York 02890 241062
7-11 Commercial Ct, Belfast, Northern Ireland,UK BT1 2NB
